Some time ago I read a meditation somewhere on motherhood and Michelangelo’s Pieta. It was by a mother who was, if I recall correctly, enjoying that wonderful stage of parenting a newborn, spending hours cuddling her little baby and pressing...
This is an example of why I abhor parenting “experts”: In yesterday’s paper a column called Ask Nanny Yvonne… an expectant mother writes in asking for general advice on preventing issues from arising with her soon to be born...
Today at my sister-in-law’s house Ben fell asleep while nursing. I really wanted to hold my new niece so I let my sister-in-law talk me into trying to put him down in the toddler bed. He slept for more than an our (and I got to hold the...
1. Happy feast of St Joseph! I successfully took all three children to daily Mass this morning all by myself. It’s our parish’s feast day and they were having a special Mass. For some reason when Father announced it on Sunday, I decided...
Yesterday the kids and I took a little drive and met my friend and former roommate, Meghan for a walk at the Blue Hills Reservation. I got to meet Meghan’s sweet little William, just 8 weeks old. The plan was to stroll around Houghton’s...
Five years ago today Dom knelt down on my kitchen floor and presented me with a diamond ring… after boosting me through my roommate’s small bedroom window. We’d been engaged for a week or so; but we’d done things out of order...
Excess of water. Our yard, flooded with all the spring rains we’ve been having. Every morning in the Invitatory Psalm we pray: Do not harden your hearts as at Meribah, as on the day of Massah in the desert. There your ancestors tested...
From a sermon by Saint Gregory Nazianzen Blessed are the merciful, because they shall obtain mercy, says the Scripture. Mercy is not the least of the beatitudes. Again: Blessed is he who is considerate to the needy and the poor. Once more: Generous...
I write these little updates as much for myself, to keep a record, to have it straight in my head, to think things through. But I suppose other people like looking over my shoulder and feeling they aren’t alone in fighting the sleep battles...